Overview
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Spain will approve the package within a month, allocating €300 million under the bilateral security agreement, €100 million via NATO’s PURL mechanism, and €215 million through the EU SAFE instrument.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said the package includes 40 missiles for IRIS‑T air defense systems, addressing urgent winter air-defense needs.
- Ukraine and Spain signed five documents covering counter‑disinformation, tourism, technical and financial cooperation, broader economic and financial mechanisms, and industrial cooperation in security and defense.
- Spanish companies Escribano and Tecnove signed an industrial cooperation memorandum with Ukraine’s Praktika following Zelensky’s meeting with representatives of 13 defense firms at Indra’s facilities.
- One outlet reported a further €202 million for reconstruction, and Spain will run a joint UN project to rebuild Sumy’s centralized heating system for about €2 million.